'The Fishing Fleet' - Paul Henry. His painterly reveries on mountain & cloud at times make you think of him as an 'Irish Nicholas Roerich'.

'The Lobster Fisherman at Dusk', Henry, Paul (1876-1958).

'A Connemara village', early 1900's. Paul Henry. #Connemara

Portrait of Michael Collins, painted following the truce of 1921, by Leo Whelan. #Collins

"We shall no longer have anyone but ourselves to blame if we fail to use the freedom we have won to achieve full freedom." - Michael Collins #Collins

Collins' ideas embody the self-sacrificial Christian ideal; by taking purifying actions, we prove ourselves 'worthy of the fullest freedom'. #Collins

'The Path to Freedom', a collection of political, historical, & cultural essays by Michael Collins. Available here: http://celt.ucc.ie/published/E900001-001/ #Collins

Collins' views evolved from the thinking of Thomas Davis: Armed struggle, nonsectarianism & national revival at 'the fount of Gaelicism'. #Collins

'The Last Chapter' - James Doyle Penrose. Born in Wicklow. Venerable Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed. #Wicklow

Idunn and The Apples - Illustration by James Doyle Penrose

James Doyle Penrose (1862-1932) - Innocent Beauty

Hibernia is the Roman name for Ireland, meaning 'the land of winter'. They saw it as an inhospitable land at the edge of the known world.

Red hair is an adaptation for absorbing vitamin D in the overcast climates of NW Europe. 40% of Europeans carry the gene. The percentage higher in places like Scotland and Ireland. http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/irish-people-have…

Redheads can make vitamin D in their bodies in even the lowest light conditions. Useful for those long, dark northern winters.

In Irish history red hair represented a kind of dignity & nearness to a superior power due its association with ancient royalty & old Irish gods.

The Irish god the Dagda was called 'The Red Man of All Knowledge', having red hair & eyes, features signifying otherworldly power & favour.